George Johnston is emeritus professor of English
at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he specialized in
older forms of English and Norse literature, particularly the
Icelandic sagas and the literature of the Orkney islands.

He is a widely published poet, best known for his early book
of poems, The Cruising Auk; his collected
works can be found in his book

Endeared by Dark,

(1990) published by the The Porcupine's Quill,
a small literary press located in Ontario, Canada. The Porcupine's Quill also
publishes two of his translations of Icelandic sagas: